I spent an awesome weekend (back in August) with the Sasahiras at their second home in Izu-Atagawa!!! It's in Shizuoka prefecture, but it's on the far size of the eastern peninsula so it took me just as long to get there by train as it took them to drive there by car from Tokyo! Ha!
Please follow this link to see the pictures.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2106449&id=71004761&l=f1ac2ab646
Even if you do not have Facebook, you can see these pictures.
Themes: Fireworks, Beach, Nature, Food (of course!)
Random Cravings: Microwave Light Butter Popcorn and Nerds Candies
Cambodia 2011
Things that do not exist in Japan.
Wit - (noun) ingenious humor: the apt, clever, and often humorous association of words or ideas, or a capacity for it.
Hug - (verb) to embrace affectionately: to put your arms around somebody's body and hold the person tight to show affection or pleasure.
Garbage Disposal - (noun) grinding device: an electrical device, installed beneath a kitchen sink, that grinds up food so that it can go into the waste pipe.
Hug - (verb) to embrace affectionately: to put your arms around somebody's body and hold the person tight to show affection or pleasure.
Garbage Disposal - (noun) grinding device: an electrical device, installed beneath a kitchen sink, that grinds up food so that it can go into the waste pipe.
People and Places
The Sasahiras - The summer before my senior year of HS, I did a 6-week homestay in Tokyo with this family. We have kept a great relationship over the years and now that I am back in Japan, I have enjoyed going "home" on long weekends.
Kiyomi - Music Teacher at Nishiko. She comes to my place on Wednesday nights for Conversation Lessons.
The Hidakas - my Aunt Keiko's family: Uncle Nobi and cousins Hiro and Seiko. They live in Kamakura, Kanagawa-ken.
The Islands - Japan has 4 islands: Hokkaido, Honshu (main), Shikoku, and Kyushu. These are listed from north to south.
Shizuoka - the prefecture (state equivalent) where I live.
Shimizu - the town where I live (approximately 68,000 people)
Nishiko - West High School, where I work. WESTSIDE!
JUSCO - Think 2 floor Target with a bowling alley on the 3rd.
U-Mart - Supermarket near my apartment.
Pion - This is Japan's Pier One and just as expensive. It is a tempting 2 minute walk from my apartment.
100 yen shop - This is Japan's dollar store only the quality of the products are worthy of Wal-Mart. There is one even closer to my house than Pion.
Kiyomi - Music Teacher at Nishiko. She comes to my place on Wednesday nights for Conversation Lessons.
The Hidakas - my Aunt Keiko's family: Uncle Nobi and cousins Hiro and Seiko. They live in Kamakura, Kanagawa-ken.
The Islands - Japan has 4 islands: Hokkaido, Honshu (main), Shikoku, and Kyushu. These are listed from north to south.
Shizuoka - the prefecture (state equivalent) where I live.
Shimizu - the town where I live (approximately 68,000 people)
Nishiko - West High School, where I work. WESTSIDE!
JUSCO - Think 2 floor Target with a bowling alley on the 3rd.
U-Mart - Supermarket near my apartment.
Pion - This is Japan's Pier One and just as expensive. It is a tempting 2 minute walk from my apartment.
100 yen shop - This is Japan's dollar store only the quality of the products are worthy of Wal-Mart. There is one even closer to my house than Pion.
Helpful Acronyms and Abbreviations
JET Programme - Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme. This is the organization through which I got my job in Japan.
CLAIR - Council of Local Authorities for International Relations. Another JET organization that publishes a lot of stuff that comes to my desk.
ALT - Assistant Language Teacher. This is my official job title but it is certainly a misnomer. I am not the assistant... I am THE teacher: I plan the lessons, I create the worksheets, I make the copies, I make the midterm and the final exam, and I do this for 17 classes which = 640 students a week.
OC - Oral Communication
JTE - Japanese Teacher of English.
CLAIR - Council of Local Authorities for International Relations. Another JET organization that publishes a lot of stuff that comes to my desk.
ALT - Assistant Language Teacher. This is my official job title but it is certainly a misnomer. I am not the assistant... I am THE teacher: I plan the lessons, I create the worksheets, I make the copies, I make the midterm and the final exam, and I do this for 17 classes which = 640 students a week.
OC - Oral Communication
JTE - Japanese Teacher of English.
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
1 comment:
Jill - Atagawa pics look great, thanks for the link!
They brought back wonderful memories.
I used to think that summer house was huge ;-) My memory of all the cousins taking afternoon naps on those beds all in a row is still vivid and waking up to the sound of afternoon crickets.
The grill at the market looks SO DELICIOUS!
All the best and thanks again,
Tomoko
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